Aichi E13A (Jake) Naval Reconnaissance Floatplane (1941)
The Aichi E13A Jake became the most important floatplane for the Japanese Navy in World War Two.
The E13A was a three-crew low-monoplane aircraft with pontoons fitted in place of traditional landing gear systems. The initial need for the floatplane stemmed from a Japanese naval requirement for a new floatplane to replace the aging Kawanishi E7K2 series. As such, offers to the Aichi, Kawanishi and Nakajima aircraft firms were made to promote a competitive trial. At the end, only a Aichi and Kawanishi design remained, with the Aichi design getting the go ahead. A prototype was then produced and ordered into production after 1940.
Though limited in number at first, the E13A series made some initial carrier-based land-strikes and reconnaissance missions that promoted the use of this aircraft type. As such, the floatplane would be fielded regularly with future cruiser groups and mounted to catapults on Japanese battleships. Standard armament would consist of 1 x 20mm downward-firing cannon and a single 7.7mm machine gun in the rear cockpit. External stores were limited to a single 551lb bomb or depth charge as needed.
Aichi "Jakes" were utilized more importantly for their reconnaissance initiative than their strike capability (limited as they were in that respect). Reconnoiter missions would include the scouting of Pearl Harbor and the famous miscommunication reconnoiter mission for American battle groups in the early rounds of the Battle of Midway, leaving many carrier-based attack aircraft ready for action on the Japanese carrier decks, but waiting for the reconnaissance reports to come in.
The Aichi E13A would serve through to the end of the war, though limited with each passing month by the power of the new generation of American carrier-based fighters and the ever-advancing American forces. "Jakes", as other aircraft of this type, would later be relegated to Kamikaze attacks on American ships in the hopes of damaging psyche and disrupting supplies and combat capabilities. In the end, the masterful aircraft would be highly regarded as the best floatplane that Japan could field and the 1,418 such production models would attest to that. Text ©2003-2013 www.MilitaryFactory.com • All Rights Reserved • No Reproduction Permitted
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Specifications for the
Aichi E13A (Jake)
Naval Reconnaissance Floatplane
Country of Origin: Imperial Japan
Manufacturer: Aichi - Japan
Initial Year of Service: 1941
Production: 1,418
Focus Model: Aichi E13A1a (Jake)
Crew: 3
Length: 37.07ft (11.3m)
Width: 47.57ft (14.50m)
Height: 15.42ft (4.70m)
Weight (Empty): 5,825lbs (2,642kg)
Weight (MTOW): 8,818lbs (4,000kg)
Powerplant: 1 x Mitsubishi Kinsei 43 14-cylinder radial piston engine generating 1,080hp.
Maximum Speed: 234mph (377kmh; 204kts)
Maximum Range: 1,298miles (2,089km)
Service Ceiling: 28,642ft (8,730m; 5.4miles)
Rate-of-Climb: 0 feet per minute (0m/min)
Hardpoints: 1
Armament Suite:
1 x 20mm cannon (in downward-firing ventral position)
1 x 7.7mm machine gun (in rear cockpit position)
Maximum external bomb loadout (bombs or depth charges) of 551 lbs.
Variants:
E13A - Base Series Designation
E13A1 - Designation covers prototype models and initial production models.
E13A1a - Improved communications equipment; Redesigned float pontoons.
E13A1a-S - Night Flyer Conversion Model
E13A1b - Based on the E13A1a model but fitted with an Air-Surface radar system.
E13A1b-S - Night Flyer Conversion Model of the E13A1b model.
E13A1c - Anti-Ship Model; fitted with downward-firing 20mm cannon.
E13A1-K - Dual-Control Trainer Model
Operators: Imperial Japan
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